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VYNE Therapeutics

VYNE
22
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
$0.76
-0.01 (-0.85%)
Market Cap
$12.7M
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+1395.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.9M (2021) → 42.8M (2025)

VYNE Therapeutics is a small biotechnology company focused on developing prescription drugs, primarily for skin conditions like acne and rosacea. Its most notable product was Amzeeq, a topical antibiotic foam for acne, along with Zilxi for rosacea — both sold to dermatologists and patients in the United States. The company has undergone significant restructuring, shifting its focus toward an early-stage pipeline targeting inflammation and immunology.

VYNE generates revenue through drug sales and licensing agreements, though its current revenue base is very small following the sale of its commercial products to Journey Medical in 2022. It operates almost entirely in the U.S. and carries a near-zero market cap, reflecting deep financial losses and a negative operating margin that signals it spends far more than it earns. The central risk is whether its early-stage pipeline can produce viable drug candidates before the company exhausts its remaining cash resources.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-57.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+58.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$19M/ year

Declining (-38% vs prior year)

>1,000% of revenue

187.5x the sector average (18%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

18.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~18 months

$25M cash & investments

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

VYNE Therapeutics's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
93.0%
Premium pricing power — 93.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
-4437.2%
Losing money on operations — -4437.2%
ROCE
-15.5%
Weak — -15.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-25.0%
Shrinking sales (-25.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-5670.5%
Burning cash (-5670.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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